There are now fears that the sequester, the mandated cutbacks by the US government in government services, due to start March 1st, could deeply affect St. Patrick’s Day activities both in America and Ireland...READ MORE

90-year-old illegal Irish immigrant Josephine Stout, who had been living in the U.S. since she was a toddler in the 1920s, passed away on Monday just a few weeks before officially becoming an American citizen...READ MORE

A St. Patrick’s Day mural featuring a busty female saying “You’re the man” to a leprechaun on a Brooklyn dry cleaners shop window has some locals slamming the imagery as demeaning and offensive...READ MORE